5 Egyptian airports received health accreditation from ACI

CAIRO – 19 January 2021: The Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation issued a statement Tuesday announcing that the number of Egyptian airports that received ACI health accreditation increased to five airports.

The ACI health accreditation program enables airports to verify the validity of their own measures throughout their facilities and works to reassure travelers on using airport facilities. It also enhances recognition of professional excellence in maintaining safe health facilities in accordance with the guidelines of ICAO and the World Health Organization (WHO).

With five accredited airports; Borg al-Arab, Luxor, Aswan, Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt becomes one of the top African states that have more airports that received AHA accreditation.

Mohamed Saeed Mahrous, the Chairman of Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation, said that such achievement indicates a high degree of professionalism among workers at Egyptian airports to meet international standards.

The accreditation of Luxor and Borg el-Arab airports come days after hosting 32 delegations participating in the 2021 IHF World Men's Handball Championship, Mahrous said, adding “this was a test to the capabilities of the Egyptian airports to deal with the Coronavirus crisis while receive the delegations and maintaining sterilization at all travel steps.